“I’ve seen women insist on cleaning everything in the house before they could sit down to write… and you know it’s a funny thing about housecleaning… it never comes to an end. Perfect way to stop a woman. A woman must be careful to not allow over-responsibility (or over-respectability) to steal her necessary creative rests, riffs, and raptures. She simply must put her foot down and say no to half of what she believes she “should” be doing. Art is not meant to be created in stolen moments only.” – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Does this sound familiar?
Then please, do yourself this favor:
Next time you have your room, apartment or house to yourself: Stop cleaning. Stop doing dishes. Stop doing laundry.
Instead: Sing. Dance. Paint. Write. Play. Be silly. Express Yourself!
Make a sound. Hum. Yowl. Grunt. Throw your arms in the air. Put on music and dance wildly, or slowly, or deliberately while singing a scale, tune. or your favorite song. Don’t worry. No one is watching.
Hopefully they’re doing the same.
This is Your Life. Your decision. Your experience. Your chance to play. Your Now.
Seize it. Grab it. Live it. And Sing Yourself Well!
Artist: Helen Frankenthaler circa 1956
